Guests:
Sec. Jack Lew (Treasury)
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI)
Christine Quinn (D-NYC)
David Axelrod
Harold Ford
Maria Bartiromo
Mike Murphy
Gregory: wow dozens of
people have
been killed in Egypt and
Obama
wants to talk about the
economy
Audience: woot
Gregory: Jack are we going
to have
another government shut
down?
Lew: the threat not to
raise the
debt ceiling in 2011 hurt
the economy
Gregory: news reports say
that Obama
will refuse to slash
spending which
could shut down the
government
Lew: Obama won't accept
slashing
domestic spending to fund
more
wasteful defense programs
Gregory: will Obama go to
the
brink on this issue?
Lew: Washington has to
stop playing
these brinksmanship games!
Gregory: will Obama go to
the mat?
Lew: Congress has to fund
needed programs
Gregory: but will Obama
fight?
Lew: yes!
Gregory: Republicans say
we need
to reduce the deficit
Lew: Obama has cut the
deficit more
than any President since
WWII
Gregory: but the debt is
so high!
Lew: the IMF said the U.S.
is cutting
the debt too much!
Gregory: even so
Lew: lifting the debt
ceiling just pays
the bills for money we
already spent!
Gregory: can we achieve a
grand bargain?
Lew: forget that – we
need to help
people live their lives
Gregory: Obama claims
we're better
off than we were during
the recession
Lew: we've added jobs 40
months in a row
Gregory: oh that
Lew: our recovery is the
admiration
of the rest of the world
Gregory: 60% of Americans
think
we're on the wrong track
Lew: here's what I do know
Fluffy –
another fight over the
debt ceiling
is not going to help
Gregory: the reality is
that we have
long-term unemployment and
The Wall Street Journal
says Obama is
worse for the middle class
than any President
ever and is hooking poor
people
on a drug called Obamacare
Lew: that's stupid – the
last President was named
George W. Bush and he
wrecked the economy
– maybe the
WSJ didn't hear about that?
Gregory: why are so many
people on food stamps?
Lew: we need to do more to
help everyone
Gregory: is it Obama's
fault that the
recovery is so anemic?
Lew: we inherited an
economy in
freefall and we're doing
better than
other countries that tried
austerity and failed
Gregory: was the IRS
scandal a phony scandal
Lew: after weeks and weeks
of hearings
and investigations there
is no evidence
at all of political
involvement and we
have to distinguish
reality from fantasy
Gregory: what's going on
in Egypt?
Rogers: the military rose
up on
behalf of the people!
Gregory: 205 members of
the House
voted to stop the NSA from
collecting
everyone's phone records
Rogers: we all should be
very concerned
about Obama stealing our
medical records
Gregory: um... what
Rogers: look before 9/11
there was a
guy in San Diego who was
making calls
and he flew into the
Pentagon and we missed it
Gregory: do you really
need to collect all call records?
Rogers: there is more
information on
an envelope you send in
the mail than
in this massive database
Gregory: for reals?
Rogers: there have been
zero privacy
violations and 54 violent
terrorists caught
Gregory: I'm sold
Rogers: also there is no
content or
names or addresses –
just numbers called
Gregory: how scary is Ed
Snowden?
Rogers: he is getting
soldiers in
Afghanistan killed
Gregory: yikes
Rogers: also he's
empowering the Russians
Gregory: is he coming
back?
Rogers: he could have been
a heroic
whistleblower and instead
he just
gave all our secrets to
the Chinese
Gregory: that is so sad
Rogers: if he really
thinks he did the
right thing he should come
back America
and bring back the stuff
he stole
from the American people
Gregory: what did he
steal?
Rogers: all the
information about the
phone records we took
without permission!
Gregory: of course
Gregory: we cannot discuss
Anthony Weiner because the
details
are so icky but let's try
Axelrod: Huma is a friend
of mine
but this is getting
ridiculous – he's an idiot
Gregory: that seems right
Axelrod: how can we miss
him
when he won't go away?
Gregory: Maureen Dowd says
the Clintons
survived scandal because
he actually
had a good track record
Bartiromo: most New
Yorkers
want less regulation of
businesses
Murphy: he wasn't even a
good
Congressman – who cares?
Gregory: Bob Filner is the
Mayor
of San Diego and even more
pervy
and he's not resigning
Ford: I should be Mayor!
Why the hell not?
Gregory: why do these
weirdos hang on to power?
Axelrod: Some are
pathological and others delusional
Murphy: whatever happened
to
honor and shame - we have a
narcissistic
culture where you do something bad
it's ok as long you say you feel bad about
it
Gregory: welcome Christine
Quinn –
what's your take on
Anthony's weiner?
Quinn: we need people to
believe in
government – did you know I am an
awesome city council speaker?
Gregory: do you believe Weiner
is disqualified?
Quinn: he's a loser
Gregory: is he
disqualified?
Quinn: it's not
appropriate for me to
say he's not qualified –
but he's not qualified
not just because he's a
perv but because
he's a talentless hack
Gregory: why do you support
stop-and-frisk?
Quinn: we can use
stop-and-frisk
to bring the whole city
together –
who doesn't love a good
frisking?
Gregory: I don't know
Quinn: we need
high-quality stops and frisks!
Gregory: thanks for coming
Christine
Gregory: let's talk about
Weiner
some more
Murphy: the Democrats have
a weak
field like this woman we
just talked
to Christine O'Donnell
Gregory: Quinn
Murphy: all those damn
Irish are the same
Gregory: the economy is
terrible!
Bartiromo: actually the
economy is
doing pretty well but we
do need to
create jobs by giving
businesses
whatever they want
Gregory: please bash Obama
for me
Murphy: the debt is high
and everyone
hates Barack Obama and
also he's a big liberal
Gregory: right
Murphy: if Obama would
just move
to the center everything
would be great
Axelrod: Obama rescued the
American
economy and John Boehner
Murphy: both sides are
equally
responsible for the
dysfunction in Washington
Ford: we just need to approve a giant
pipeline and pass an infrastructure bill
and give the Republicans
whatever they want
Axelrod: Harold he's done
that
Ford: but the pipeline!
Axelrod: the pipeline is
stupid and the
Republicans just oppose
Obama at every turn
Gregory: is it up to the
states rescue America?
Murphy: Republican are
afraid of the
tea party and Democrats
are afraid
of those evil teachers
unions
Ford: Obama is talking
about jobs and
the GOP is focusing on
abortion –
is that really the most
pressing issue right now?
Gregory: businesses are
making record profits
Bartiromo: there's
low-hanging fruit –
for example everyone agrees
that we
should cut taxes for the
rich
Gregory: Executive
Producer
Betsy Fischer Martin
started as
an intern and has been
been
with MTP for 22 years
Martin: love you too
Fluffy
Axelrod: she's why I love
this show
Murphy: she's a
combination of
mother hen and drill
sergeant
Gregory: we will miss you
Betsy –
and that's another episode
of Meet The Press
